intellectual and developmental disabilities

Join NCCJD as we help attorneys, clients and their families understand each other’s needs and obligations during a criminal case, and how they can work together to create a fair and complete attorney/client relationship to ensure the best representation possible for people with I/DD. This webinar will be helpful to attorneys and families alike, as well as other advocates. Mr. Gordo will speak about his son, Paul, who has autism and was charged with assault after experiencing sensory overload at a library.

Join NCCJD as we delve into the stories that created statewide movements to pass legislation impacting people with disabilities in the criminal justice system as either suspects or victims of crime. Over the past two years, NCCJD has been compiling a database of such legislation in order to help criminal justice and disability professionals understand this issue from a national viewpoint and get an idea of what type of legislation is being passed and why. A brief overview of current findings will be discussed by NCCJD’s Program Manager.

NCCJD staff presented at JMHCP at the request of BJA staff. NCCJD presented on issues and challenges faced by people with I/DD in the criminal justice system and provided an overview of how the creation of Disability Response Teams and using the Pathways to Justice training can address these challenges; improving outcomes not only for people with disabilities, but for all criminal justice professionals.

The Arc of MD visited The Arc's national offices. A presentation was given that informed chapters how to create Disability Response Teams and work with local criminal justice professionals to address issues impacting people with disabilities.An overview of NCCJD's Pathways to Justice training was provided.

Calamari Productions requested interview for juvenile justice documentary on disability issues. NCCJD's Program Manager Leigh Ann Davis was interviewed for the film, and the film also lists NCCJD as a resource. See preview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6iaga-cLHQ

NCCJD requested to speak at NSA's biannual crime victim services committee meeting.

NCCJD was asked to provide webinar for the NADD. Description of webinar: NCCJD’s goal is to build the capacity of the criminal justice system to respond to gaps in existing services for people with disabilities, focusing on people with I/DD who remain a hidden population within the criminal justice system with little or no access to advocacy supports or services. NCCJD is partnering with a broad spectrum of criminal justice, legal, victim advocacy and disability organizations to create and offer the Pathways to Justice™ Training Program.

NFB requested NCCJD provide plenary remarks at the annual disability law symposium. Both Leigh Ann Davis and Kathryn Walker provided remarks on the impact of the ADA on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the criminal justice system, including overview of NCCJD and our training materials. The National Federation of the Blind will print the proceedings of the conference in book/PDF form titled " The ADA at Fifty: The Future of Disability Law and the Right to Live in the World" so that it may be distributed widely (in process).

NCCJD provided 84 number of I&R and TA requests during this time period.

The Arc is a national non-profit that provides cradle to grave services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). The Arc’s National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability™ (NCCJD) notes the decline in juvenile crime and incarceration and accompanying rise in incarceration rates for youth with I/DD. NCCJD’s white paper and webinar on justice involved youth with I/DD highlights emerging issues and promising practices from across the country including: